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Melodies Made Tangible As early as 2005, graphic designer Qing-Yang Xiao rose to the international stage as the first Taiwanese artist ever nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. A trailblazer in his field, he spent the next two decades inspiring countless designers to pursue international awards. In 2022, first-time Grammy nominees Jheng-Han Li and Wei Yu won Taiwan%u2019s first-ever Grammy in this category for Pakelang, a collaboration between The Chairman and 2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group. The album design, featuring singers%u2019 portraits interwoven with imagery of Taiwan%u2019s mountains and seas, earned Taiwan its first Grammy Award for Best Recording Package.Jheng-Han Li, who started out playing in bands, designed his first album cover for his own Wei YuJheng-Han LiKnown for her expertise in image-making and material blending, Wei Yu%u2019s work spans album design, custom typography, and motion graphics. In 2025, she was nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Album Design for Wang PiNk Ryu Freestyle.Founder of Spread Design Studio, Li specializes in commercial design, printing, and album packaging. In addition to his Grammy win, he received Best Album Packaging at the Independent Music Awards for Fairy Tales of Ocean Deep and Time. Together with Wei Yu, he co-designed Pakelang, which won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package.Making Waves with Design That Carries Taiwan%u2019s Sound to the World: Grammy Winner Jheng-Han Li and Wei Yuon Album ArtIn 2022, at the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony Pre-Party in the U.S., nominees Wei Yu and Jheng-Han Li wandered through the room. Jheng-Han Li casually struck up a conversation with a stranger beside him and learned the person was a copywriter responsible for album; the person lamented how no one knew who he was. Li patted him on the shoulder and said, %u201cIt%u2019s okay. It%u2019s all for music.%u201d It wasn%u2019t meant as comfort, but rather as an expression of his deep understanding of both album packaging design and the other person%u2019s work. After all, those silent yet indispensable details are part of what gives music the chance to be heard and collected.034035